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I admittedly laughed at a few but as it wore on, I thought, can TV6 also promote our culture by getting airtime for Sprang or Tommy over there to highlight Blair’s WMD and the little fact that Beckham also came here during bidding season! All in a bad english tetley accent! Goodness, Gracious, Me. Cheque please!

Some people’s idea of patriotism I think. I strongly disagree with that.
One, I don’t feel insulted.
Two, Jack is accused of robbing people all over the planet. It is natural that people all over would be angry at him.
People still repeating that U.S. picking on third world countries too when there are more Americans charged than those in other countries.

Much ado about nothing. Come on there must be more serious issues than a foreign Satirist buying some airtime on our media, to discuss. Nobody fretting about Shah Rukh Khan buying into Red Steel at least i’m not. Don’t know about some of your’ll as everything foreign seem to be a big deal these days.

He started one of them talking about visiting Arkansas and being given a voodoo stick at an alligator farm. I kid you not. I would imagine that citizens of that state we none too pleased to be portrayed as superstitious hillbillies.

It’s a matter of affordability Eric, moreso than being allowed to. I’ve seen US ads that are really personal attacks on political opponents regularly featuring. We need to get a grip and deal with the real issues. We are too easily distracted.

Kendall, you are right. No difference. The sociopolitical question discussed in advance media studies is “can the average person afford/allowed to do same”? Could the fella in Laventille, accused of doing wrong, afford to buy 5 minutes ? Oops, I forgot. In my country of birth we don’t discuss issues and policy. We discuss things.

I have seen numerous paid announcements attacking political opponents, many of them quite personal, on US tv. They are very strong about freedom of the press. Why shouldn’t Jack be able buy airtime? It would be very expensive to buy national air time though.

i am a proud Trini born and raised, still living and working here and felt no insult from his delivery. He only embarrassed himself if anybody (as most foreigners do) trying to speak the slang. Did you not recognise this as purely a plea for Jack to buss the files on the other Execs. Do you think he would pay for airtime to embarrass T&T? Why not believe that Oliver genuinely is on a mission for the FIFA mafia?

It was very funny Oliver had to make sure he was funny but not culturally insensitive we might him as funny but they’re people who said ” the white man should hush he mouth” Oliver wants him to rat out Blatter who’s John Oliver real target.

Sorry folks but I feel about Oliver the very same way he feels about Jack’s pronouncements, he has yet to deliver! I didn’t find it funny, sorry. Everybody might hate Jack as he claims but I don’t. JW ain’t the worst thing to happen to this country trust me. There’s a whole class of personstthat are his equal and worse. I’m in no way defending JW, couldn’t care less in fact, the sad truth about all of this is that it doesn’t give us what we lack. The international circus will move on, and should this government be re-elected the joke will be on us!

He was at least kind enough not to lump all of T&T with Jack Warner and his shenanigans…thank you John Oliver for that! I will also say he was funny…but then again perhaps other people who have followed him from long time may have a different perspective…this is only the second thing I have seen him in….the first being his message about FIFA recently and his promises to the sponsors.

He did it on their soil, and for no profit? What sponsors appeared in his 4 mins? Again, he’ll continue to do it on his show, where it makes him money and plays to a global audience. What he did made perfect business sense and his lawyers are no doubt happy.

I’ve seen his comedy tear open many bigger fish than Warner. And saw him parody Australia, Brazil, Iraq and loads of other countries.
So I’m skeptical of that argument as well about him being mindful to cultural sensitivities. He has lampooned much bigger administrations than the PP.
Regardless, I think he was cute but not that funny. And not at near his full potential.
Some may agree. Some won’t. Just an opinion.

TV6 is selling ratings. He avoided the minefield that is JW tied to a sitting administration, and serious negative backlash back home (where the sponsors and audience are) should he cross misjudge cultural sensitivities. What does tailoring a performance for us give him? He was smart and well advised.

Not boufin, just find people can take it down a level. Comedians don’t hit all the time, some jokes fall flat. Man writing prose and Facebook posts galore over 5 minutes of meh comedy. This is the 3rd article I’ve read about it for the night. One of them also in a non-funny try talking about it making people nostalgic for slavery. I mean, it’s like people shave their legs for a visit and the man come and say leh we just watch tv.

Sigh. My response is: (one) most people think it reasonable to expect comedians make you laugh (two) again, i know his comedy for long before that one show and he can deliver… perhaps others likewise expected what he has done many times in his career.
I don’t think Trinis are being carried away really. That is like boffing Trinis for expecting Mariah Carey to sound good.

Well, based on his Last Week Tonight show and other FIFA pieces, I found it was about the same. I think Trinis just get a bit juiced up when “people from foreign” know we exist and so expectations were on high

TV6 called it a roasting. Bear in mind that this is a satirical piece and not a straight critical review eh… But John Oliver definitely can throw heat Fayola Bostic. I have followed his work for years including his podcast “The Bugle” which was around long before Comedy Central or America ever heard of him.

I think people are seriously overestimating what this was. He did it because he could. But the “roast” will continue where it carries weight – on his show. He pulled a stunt – and was careful about it – because it’s fodder for his show, not because he has a battle with Jack.

I watched it twice and I think after the Trini lingo segment, it was ok. Not his funniest, but aight. He doesn’t ever “roast” people though. Especially if your idea of roasting is Rachel Price. But Trinis are butt-hurt over those 5 minutes boy! 😀

I am still awaiting the punch line. I guess I do not possess the requisite funny bone. It’s like how I feel when Natalie Legore washes her mouth….oops. Sorry. Proffers her opinion on our politicians. Go and bad talk Portia. But don’t be so brass faced as to bad talk me to mih face and expect me to laugh. i am as mad as phacking hell. Tv6 have no phacking class

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